 Al Franken: Plans to ridicule McCain
Senate candidate Al Franken has advised the concerned authority of the program "Saturday Night Live" for a comedy sketch that lampooned John McCain, the Republican presidential candidate.
Sources have thrown more light on the news of Al Franken. He has served as a writer and performer on the NBC comedy hit since 1975 to 1980, and again from 1985 to 1995. Al Franken, who grew up in Minnesota, has since returned to the state and is running as the Democratic challenger to Republican Sen. Norm Coleman.
Al Franken has had a telephonic conversation last week with SNL creator Lorne Michaels. His campaign spokeswoman named Colleen Murray has added this bit of information on Sunday.
In relating to a story about the recording campaign commercials, Al Franken has noted how all political candidates must say that they "approve this message" in their advertisements and editorialized that he thought that it must be a difficult task for McCain, whom many Democrats and pundits have lead the accusation of leveling dishonest charges against Democratic presidential candidate called Barack Obama.
In the sketch, which led Saturday night's show, “SNL” veteran Darrell Hammond has portrayed the character of John McCain. While recording campaign commercials, McCain is forced to say that he "approves this message" over a series of increasingly vicious and ludicrous attacks against Barack Obama.
Not long after the conversation between Al Franken and Michaels, "SNL" head writer Seth Meyers contacted Franken. After that they spoke briefly about the idea. Franken was not involved in writing of any of the specifics of the skit.
Campaign spokesperson Murray further said, "Lorne Michaels decided Al's real-life experience was funny, and it became an accidental inspiration for a comedy sketch."
However none of the spokesman for NBC was available for comments. A spokesman at McCain's Minnesota office said that the campaign did not have any comment on the sketch or involvement of Al Franken in it.
But Coleman's campaign jumped all over the news, thereby commenting Al Franken's involvement as evidence to support Minnesota Republicans' argument that the Democrat's career in comedy and history of sometimes stinging satire make him a bad fit for the U.S. Senate.
"Once again he proves he's more interested in entertainment than service, and ridiculing those with whom he disagrees," added Coleman's campaign manager, Cullen Sheehan in a statement. |
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